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Sherry Wagner-Henry Board
Fellows
In 2014, USITT's Secretary, Sherry Wagner-Henry, conceived and launched the USITT Board Mentorship Program. With
feedback from former participants, and renamed in her honor, the program has refocused to become a flexible, 12- to 18-month
long fellowship with particular emphasis on finding the future leaders of USITT and investing in their growth. This opportunity
serves as a bridge to connect emerging professionals with current leaders in the theatre and entertainment industry,
as well as an opportunity to learn new skills that will help the Fellow develop valuable expertise on their journey to nonprofit
leadership. This Fellowship provides an open door to the executive director and board members of USITT, as well as positions
on committees and a greater understanding of nonprofit governance structures.
Kyle W. Jensen
Kyle W. Jensen is the production electrician
and sound engineer for the School of Theatre
and Dance at Texas Tech University. Jensen has
a MFA in sound design from Minnesota State
University, Mankato, and a BA in theatre arts
emphasis in design/tech from California State
University, Fresno (Fresno State). During his
time at Minnesota State University, Mankato,
Jensen's sound design credits include multiple
dance pieces, The Sound of Music, Wounded
Healers, The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Night-Time, Hair, Mamma Mia! Cloud 9,
and H.M.S. Pinafore, which also served as
his thesis.. Prior to graduate school, Jensen
served as the auditorium operations manager
for Roosevelt School of the Arts in Fresno,
California, and worked as a sound technician
with Celebrity Cruises. Other sound design
credits include Miracle on 34th Street with the
Phipps Center for the Arts in Wisconsin; It's a
Wonderful Life: The Radio Play with Doubting
Thomas Production in Minnesota; La Cage
Aux Folles, Mamma Mia! Urinetown, Fun
Home, The Full Monty, and Casa Valentina
with StageWorks Fresno. He also sound designed
for the Young Designer Collaboration
Project for the 2019 USITT Conference &
Stage Expo in Louisville, Kentucky.
Jensen has earned several awards for
his work from the Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival in Region 5 and 8.
He is also a proud member of Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia, USITT, and the Theatrical Sound
Designers and Composers Association.
Jennifer Gonzalez
Lighting designer Jennifer Gonzalez is a second-year
MFA student with an emphasis in
lighting design and projection design. She was
the lighting designer for Antigone and Father
Comes Home From the Wars Part 2 at Texas
State University. She was also the assistant
lighting designer for A Christmas Carol and
The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the ZACH
Theatre, Ain't Misbehavin' at Barrington Stage
Theatre Company, and Tiger Style at South
Coast Repertory Theatre. Gonzalez graduated
from the University of La Verne with a BFA in
theatre arts in 2020. She fell in love with lighting
design when she realized that you could tell
a story just with lighting.
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